Annotation:Trouble in Mind

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X:1 T:Trouble on My Mind T:Trouble in Mind N:From the playing of John Morgan Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, eastern Ky.) N:recorded at home 1941/42 by his sons on a disc player M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel Q:"Fast" N:AEae tuning (fiddle) D:Berea Sound Archives https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/4291 Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A [ce]-[e2e2][ee] [e2e2]ef|[M:3/2]=g2ga gedc [d2f2][d2f2]|[M:C|] ABcA [d2f2][d2f2]|e3f e2AB| cAcA dcBG|[M:2/4]A2A2:||:[A,2E2]AB cABA|c2 cd c2c2| [A,2E2] AB cABG|A2 AB A2A2|[A,2E2]AB cABA|c2 cd c2a2| e2d2cABG|1A2AB A2A2:|2[M:2/4]A2A2||

TROUBLE IN MIND. AKA – “Trouble on My Mind." American, Reel (cut time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. Jeff Titon (2001) says this tune is normally regarded as a banjo tune. No relation to the blues song "Trouble in Mind" except the in the title.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - John M. Salyer (1882-1952, Salyersville, Magoffin County, east Ky.) [Titon].

Printed sources : - Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 159, p. 184.

Recorded sources: -Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, “John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-42” (1993). BG-CD1, Bruce Greene – “Five Miles of Ellum Wood” (1996). Folkways FA 2342, “Rufus Crisp” (1972). Heritage 080, Enoch Rutherford - "Old Cap'n Rabbit."

See also listing at:
Hear John Salyer's 1941-1942 home recording at Berea Sound Archives [1]

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